Killswitch Engage — The Consequence

Indie Exclusive Blood Red Sunset Vinyl LP Killswitch Engage — Adam Dutkiewicz (lead guitar), Joel Stroetzel (rhythm guitar), Mike D’Antonio (bass), Justin Foley (drums) and Jesse Leach (vocals) — first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. A musical outlier, the band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism that set the pace for what the turn-of-the-century deemed heavy. 2002’s Alive Or Just Breathing became avowed as a definitive album, being named among “The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade” by Decibel and celebrated by everyone from Metal Hammer to Revolver. The band’s total streams are nearing 3 billion to date, while they’ve remained consummate road warriors who’ve sold out countless headline tours and have shared stages with everyone from Iron Maiden to Slipknot to Slayer to My Chemical Romance to Mastodon to Parkway Drive, which is a testament to their ability to cross genres and appeal to all fans of hard rock. KsE has remained a featured attraction at every major North American and European festival through the years. The band is celebrating an astonishing 25-year career as one of the most vital and genre-defining bands of the era and continues its incredible legacy by unleashing This Consequence, a masterfully executed record that captures the band’s signature sound all the while leveling up on teeth-baring tracks like “Forever Aligned,” “I Believe” and “Collusion.” Released: 2/21/25